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West Coast Premiere

Luke — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:13:56 +0000

We’re screening at the Los Angeles Bicycle Film Festival. Chris and I will both be there, so come on down.
Here’s a little Wonka clip to get you amped. And buy tickets here to make sure you get in. We sold out NYC and Toronto.

Winner

Luke — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:55:16 +0000

Chris raced Rumble in the Bronx. He won, Empire rider got first. Red Bull rider Austin Horse got second despite a move you will have to see for yourself in the video.

Big thanks to Empire sponsor Go Pro for the cameras. They are sick.

Rumble Through the Bronx 7 2010 New York from crihs on Vimeo.

World Premiere Recap

Luke — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:29:19 +0000

We did it. We screened the first cut of Empire at the 10th anniversary of the Bicycle Film Festival to two sold-out audiences. I’m pretty sure everyone loved it, and we got lots of great feedback.

Many photographers were on hand all week, but so far Tod Seelie has the best photos of our screening.

The audience was rapt.

Then we did a thankfully brief Q&A session with the riders.

A huge thanks to Brendt Barbur for helping make this happen, and to everyone else who made this possible. The riders, the collaborators, the groupie, the lovers, and even the haters.

We’re in the process of finalizing the cut and getting everything in order for the DVD. Expect more frequent updates as we get there. But don’t get mad if we don’t actually follow through.

Empire premiere

Luke — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:34:38 +0000

It’s official.

Come on down to New York Fucking City for the Tenth Anniversary Bicycle Film Festival. Stay all the way until Sunday and see the premiere.

BFF 10th anniversary alleycat

Crihs — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:53:45 +0000

Winner wins a free custom frame from DODICI

Production

Luke — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:06:57 +0000

At some point I realized we had nothing in the way of production stills. An old friend had told me early on that I needed a photographer and production stills. I didn’t listen, but he was right. So lately I’ve been bringing my old T4 with me and just taking snaps. Here are a few of the recent ones.

When you run around with a camera, people want to know what’s happening. Sometimes you can even make new friends, like Lola.

Getting the trickster, and now track star in traffic.

He’s not allowed to drive. But I let him sit on it and wear my sunglasses.

Alley Cat recovery

Luke — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:05:57 +0000

A couple weekends ago Chris and JT raced in the Hip 2 B Square alley cat. We shot some of the start and some of the finish. Then it was to my place for burgers and recovery.

Dan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:22:02 +0000

Just one of those things that happens when you race bikes.

Busy week …

Crihs — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:55:50 +0000

Lorenzo from the BFF came out and shot some stills with us while we were filming Yatika. Here is what he got …

More RHC2010

Dan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:25:47 +0000

Upside down number thirteen for good luck. Seemed to work out last week.

Here is the VeloNews race report.

And a video the NYPost made about the race.